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21 The Grapes of Wrath 1939 John Steinbeck Read More 20 Generation Kill June 2004 Evan Wright Read More 19 Heart of Darkness 1899 Joseph Conrad Read More 18 Sometimes a Great Notion July 1964 Ken Kesey Read More 17 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine January 2020 Rashid Khalidi Read More 16 Slouching Towards Bethlehem 1968 Joan Didion Read More 15 The Color Purple 1982 Alice Walker Read More 14 Lord of the Flies September 1954 William Golding Read More 13 Miles: The Autobiography 1989 Miles Davis & Quincy Troupe Read More 12 The Fruit Palace January 1985 Charles Nicholl Read More 11 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation May 2020 Kristin Kobes Du Mez Read More 10 The Lost City of Z February 2009 David Grann Read More 9 Fahrenheit 451 October 1953 Ray Bradbury Read More 8 Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 1973 Hunter S. Thompson Read More 7 No Country for Old Men July 2005 Cormac McCarthy Read More 6 Legacy of Ashes January 2006 Tim Weiner Read More 5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest February 1962 Ken Kesey Read More 4 The Monkey Wrench Gang August 1975 Edward Abbey Read More 3 The Great Shark Hunt 1979 Hunter S. Thompson Read More 2 The Nickle Boys July 2019 Colson Whitehead Read More

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The Color Purple Alice Walker 1982 The Color Purple is a epistolary novel that Depicts the lives of two African American women, Celie and Nettie, separated as young girls in early twentieth-century rural Georgia prior to WWII and the civil rights movement . Both sisters sustain their loyalty and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence, Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then from the sisters to each other. Walker's novel draws readers into a vivid first person portrayal of black women, their pain, struggle, companionship, growth, resilience and bravery. The Color Purple won both the Pulitzer Prize and National book awards for fiction in 1983. It is also frequently considered one of the 100 most influential books ever written. Sadly, the novel has also been the target of censors numerous times, and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books. Like many challenged and banned works in the United States though, it stands in a category of it's own. Alice Walker's work is not only a major contribution to literature, it's a major contribution to humanity and the marginalized that exist within it. Previous Next

The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey August 1975 Written in shortly after his time working for the National Parks Service in Utah and Arizona , Edward Abbey's novel concerns the use of sabotage in the face of ecocide to protest environmentally damaging activities in the Southwestern United States . It was so influential that the term "monkeywrenching" , often used as a verb, has come to mean, besides sabotage and damage to machines, any sabotage, activism, law-making, or law-breaking to preserve wilderness, wild spaces and ecosystems. The book's four main characters are ecologically minded misfits—"Seldom Seen" Smith, a Jack Mormon river guide; Doc Sarvis, an odd but wealthy and wise surgeon; Bonnie Abbzug, his young feminist assistant; and a rather eccentric Green Beret Vietnam veteran , George Hayduke . Together, although not always working as a tightly knit team, they form the titular group dedicated to the destruction of what they see as the system that pollutes and destroys their environment, the American West . As the gang's attacks on deserted bulldozers and trains continue, the law closes in. BUY NOW Previous Next

No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy July 2005 No Country for Old Men is a novel by author Cormac McCarthy , who originally wrote the story as a screenplay . The story occurs in the vicinity of the Mexico–United States border in 1980 and concerns a drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert backcountry. Owing to the novel's origins as a screenplay, the novel has a simple writing style that differs from McCarthy's earlier novels. The book was adapted into a 2007 Coen brothers film of the same name , which won four Academy Awards , including Best Picture . BUY NOW Previous Next

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Hunter S. Thompson 1973 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 recounts and analyzes the 1972 presidential campaign in which Richard Nixon was re-elected. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman , the book was largely derived from Thompson's articles serialized in Rolling Stone throughout 1972. The book focuses on the Democratic Party 's primaries and the breakdown of the party as it splits between the different candidates such as Ed Muskie and Hubert Humphrey . Of particular focus is the manic maneuvering of George McGovern 's campaign during the Miami convention as they sought to ensure the Democratic nomination despite attempts by Humphrey and other candidates to block McGovern. Thompson began his campaign coverage in December 1971, just as the race toward the primaries was beginning, from a rented apartment in Washington, D.C. (a situation he compared to "living in an armed camp, a condition of constant fear"). Over the next twelve months, in voluminous detail, he covered every aspect of the campaign, from the smallest rally to the raucous conventions. An early fax machine was procured for Thompson after he inquired about the device while visiting venture capitalist Max Palevsky , who concurrently served as chairman of Xerox and Rolling Stone for several years in the early 1970s. Dubbing it "the mojo wire", Thompson used the nascent technology to capitalize on the freewheeling nature of the campaign and extend the writing process precariously close to printing deadlines, often haphazardly sending in notes mere hours before the magazine went to press. Fellow writers and editors would have to assemble the finished product with Thompson over the phone. Like his earlier book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Thompson employed a number of unique literary styles in On the Campaign Trail , including the use of vulgarity and the humorous exaggeration of events. Despite the unconventional style, the book is still considered a hallmark of campaign journalism and helped to launch Thompson's role as a popular political observer. BUY NOW Previous Next

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury October 1953 Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that presents a future American society where books have been outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found . The novel follows the viewpoint of Guy Montag , a fireman who soon becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings. Fahrenheit 451 was written during the Second Red Scare and the McCarthy era , inspired by the book burnings in Nazi Germany and by ideological repression in the Soviet Union . Bradbury's claimed motivation for writing the novel has changed multiple times. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote the book because of his concerns about the threat of burning books in the United States . In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces interest in reading literature. In a 1994 interview, Bradbury cited political correctness as an allegory for the censorship in the book, calling it "the real enemy these days" and labeling it as " thought control and freedom of speech control". Upon its release, Fahrenheit 451 was a critical success, albeit with notable dissenters; the novel's subject matter led to its censorship in apartheid South Africa and various schools in the United States. BUY NOW Previous Next

Legacy of Ashes Tim Weiner January 2006 Legacy of Ashes is a detailed history of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from its creation after World War II , through the Cold War years and the War on Terror . The book is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence. Legacy of Ashes won the 2007 National Book Award for Nonfiction . Note: While very long and dense, the book is divided into sections that make it easy to read over a long period. Weiner's research and writing show us how the president and CIA have significantly influenced international politics and relations since the dawn of WWII. Legacy of Ashe s is an essential piece of literature for anybody looking to make sense of the current global political scape and it should probably lay the ground for anybody looking to understand where The United States Stands in the global arena. BUY NOW Previous Next

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The Fruit Palace Charles Nicholl January 1985 After winning the Daily Telegraph''s "Young Writer Award" In 1972, Charles Nicholl traveled to Colombia . Spending a bulk of his time in Santa Marta , Nicholl rented a backroom in a Cafe called The Fruit Palace and quickly found himself endeared to his host Nation. 12 years later, working in London, a publisher bent on chasing the "right book at the right time", approached Nicholl with the opportunity to travel to Colombia and write a tell-all on the "Cocaine underworld" in Colombia. With the dangling carrot of a publishing opportunity and almost no plan at all, Nicholl reluctantly flew Columbia to plant himself as deep in the industry as he could. The end result is an amazing first hand adventure that is both exciting and insightful. Editor's Note: Nicholl's story is a wonderful piece, of what I would call gonzo journalism , providing not only insights into the cocaine and drug trade of the 80's, but also into centuries long issues regarding colonialism and indigenous history in Colombia. BUY NOW Previous Next

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